Boat Race protester Oldfield allowed to stay in UK

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An Australian who disrupted the Boat Race by jumping into the Thames in front
of the two crews has won his battle to stay in Britain after Oxbridge staff
and students gave him their backing.

Two professors supported Trenton Oldfield’s appeal and a further 21 people
said that they were willing to speak at his immigration appeal.

Mr Oldfield, 37, risked deportation after he was jailed for six months for
disrupting the 158th University Boat Race last year. He claimed that
Australia was a racist country and that his British-born wife, Deepa Naik,
who is ofIndian descent, and five-month-old daughter